Is 8-Bit good in Brawl Stars?

8-Bit has a 51.5% adjusted win rate and a 1.4% pick rate over 1,290 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.

What is the best mode for 8-Bit?

8-Bit performs best in Siege, with a 87.4% raw win rate over 190 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for 8-Bit?

Frosty tracks (Wipeout) is where 8-Bit has the strongest sampled record, at 89.9% over 139 battles.

Meg, Gigi, Pearl pull 8-Bit furthest below its own 69.4% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does 8-Bit have?

8-Bit has Boosted Booster and Plugged In as star powers and Cheat Cartridge and Extra Credits as gadgets.

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Super Rare

Damage DealerB tierMeta score6.4/10

8-bit

An arcade game famous for its brutal difficulty, 8-Bit always hated its players. Now that it's missing one of its guns, it's angrier than ever before.

Combat stats

Base values at Power 11, before gears and star powers.

Health: 5200
Damage per beam: 340
Super health: 2800
Reload: 1.35s; Very Fast
Range: 10; Very Long
Speed: 580; Very Slow

Build & upgrades

What 8-Bit's kit does, and what owners spend their coins on first.

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

boosted boosterMost picked69.3%53.6% picked
plugged in43.8%46.4% picked

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far.

cheat cartridgeMost picked65.0%52.1% picked
extra credits69.4%47.9% picked

Read from 531 first-buyers

Counted from tracked players who own exactly one of the pair: they chose it, and every battle they played on this brawler was played with it. Both sides are equally invested in the brawler, so the gap between the two win rates is the ability rather than the player — read them against each other rather than as absolutes.

Gears owners buy

Gears cost coins and you can only run two, so what owners have bought is a real preference.

damage888 unlocks29.0%
shield728 unlocks23.8%
speed515 unlocks16.8%
health500 unlocks16.3%
vision236 unlocks7.7%
gadget cooldown197 unlocks6.4%

Measured across 2,952 tracked players who own this brawler. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

boosted booster
Increases the Damage Booster's range by 50% and boosts damage by an additional 15%.
plugged in
While near the Damage Booster, 8-Bit gains +25% Movement Speed.

Gadgets

cheat cartridge
8-Bit instantly teleports to his Damage Booster. Cooldown: 18 seconds.
extra credits
8-Bit fires 18 projectiles. Consumes ammo. Cooldown: 18 seconds.

Hypercharge

aimbot

8-Bit's turret now has a laser that shoot nearby enemies. Shots do 230 damage.

Buffies

cheat cartridgeGadget
Heals himself for 3600, and repairs the booster by 100%.
extra creditsGadget
These projectiles bounce to nearby enemies.
boosted boosterStar power
Every 5 sec, the Damage Booster spawns an ammo clip lasting 8 sec and reloading 1 ammo.
plugged inStar power
Teammates get a 10% Speed Boost.
aimbotHypercharge
During Hypercharge, 8-Bit gains infinite ammo and can interrupt his current Main Attack with another one.

Gears

7 equippable

speedGain 15% speed increase when moving in bushes.
healthRecover health 50% more effectively.
damageDeal 15% extra damage when your Brawler is below 50% Health.
visionReveal opponents for 2 seconds after dealing damage to them.
shieldGain extra 900 health as a consumable shield. The shield regenerates in 10 seconds, when at full health.
reload speed15% faster reload.
gadget cooldownReduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.

Performance

Win rate

51.5%

1,290 battles

Pick rate

1.4%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,184

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.1

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

51.5%

−3.4 pts

9 daily snapshots. Adjusted against the sample average, so a shift here is the brawler moving rather than the cohort.

Where it performs

Each mode and map is scored against its own average, so a showdown record and a gem grab one can be read in the same list.

Best modes

Best maps

Frosty tracksWipeout · 139 battles · 89.9% raw60.4%
Bridge Too FarHeist · 119 battles · 68.1% raw59.7%
Silver HighlandsSiege · 53 battles · 96.2% raw58.8%
CrescendoKnockout · 46 battles · 84.8% raw56.8%
Shooting StarBounty · 95 battles · 72.6% raw56.5%
Safe(r) ZoneHeist · 92 battles · 65.2% raw55.8%

Matchups

Which brawlers 8-bit beats, which ones win the matchup, and who to draft alongside.

Strong against

Opponents 8-bit beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull 8-bit below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies 8-bit wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 69.4% win rate across 3,038 sampled team battles. Counted once per battle from one player’s side, and kept out of the win-rate and pick-rate numbers above. Those would be skewed by counting every participant.

Top players with 8-bit

Balance history

The last changes Supercell made to 8-Bit. Cosmetic releases are left out.

16 recorded

2026-08-04NeutralFixed a bug where 8-Bit's Extra Credits could be shot over walls.
2026-08-04Nerf8-Bit's Buffied Plugged In Star Power movement speed boost to allies was decreased to 10% (from 15%).
2026-08-04Nerf8-Bit's Extra Credits Gadget cooldown was increased to 18 seconds (from 15).
2026-08-04NerfThe number of hits necessary to charge 8-Bit's Super was increased to 15 (from 12).
2026-07-08Nerf8-Bit's Aimbot Hypercharge multipier was decreased to 30% (from 35%).
2026-07-08Nerf8-Bit's Boosted Booster Buffied Star Power ammo spawn time was increased to 5 seconds (from 3).
2026-07-08Nerf8-Bit's Extra Credits Buffied Gadget bouncing projectile damage was decreased to 60% (from 75%).
2026-06-30Neutral8-Bit's Buffies were added.

Combat stats, ability and gear descriptions, hypercharge and buffie effects, and balance history from the Brawl Stars Wiki, CC-BY-SA. Win rates, pick rates and matchups are our own.

8-Bit FAQ

Is 8-Bit good in Brawl Stars?: 8-Bit has a 51.5% adjusted win rate and a 1.4% pick rate over 1,290 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.
What is the best mode for 8-Bit?: 8-Bit performs best in Siege, with a 87.4% raw win rate over 190 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for 8-Bit?: Frosty tracks (Wipeout) is where 8-Bit has the strongest sampled record, at 89.9% over 139 battles.
What counters 8-Bit?: Meg, Gigi, Pearl pull 8-Bit furthest below its own 69.4% average in sampled team battles.
What star powers and gadgets does 8-Bit have?: 8-Bit has Boosted Booster and Plugged In as star powers and Cheat Cartridge and Extra Credits as gadgets.